Summary
Max Smiley is a Software Development Engineer II at Amazon Music with eight years of engineering experience and a UCLA Computer Science background. He blends strong theoretical foundations with practical full-stack experience, having progressed from intern to SDE II while contributing to production services at Amazon. motivated by algorithmic thinking, he built a personal chess engine—an example of applying search and optimization concepts to real projects. Based in Los Angeles, he favors learning-driven development, iterating between coursework, side projects, and large-scale product work. Colleagues know him for translating academic rigor into reliable, user-facing features and for a clear appetite to keep expanding his technical scope.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los Angeles